Ji Yanbai narrowed his eyes, still marveling at the audacity of this girl, when a clear and loud female voice suddenly emanated from his wrist—
[Attention all players, it is now twelve o’clock noon. The Cat and Mouse Game has officially ended!]
[Team Q has no casualties. Congratulations to them for escaping and obtaining thirty thousand points!]
The thirty thousand points were evenly distributed to the six members of Team Q.
In an instant, all six of them squeezed into the top ten of the points leaderboard.
Their team ranking also successfully surpassed the original Team A, becoming the new number one.
Ji Yanbai stood frozen on the spot, his complexion instantly darkened as he glanced at his watch; indeed, the second hand had just swept past twelve o’clock without deviation!
He then raised his head and glowered at the woman before him.
"You’ve been stalling for time!"
Lili’s laugh was sweet, "It seems Captain Ji has only just noticed, but sadly, it’s already too late."
The veins on Ji Yanbai’s forehead bulged out in anger.
He’d been angered so greatly before that he didn’t consider the time factor at all; he never expected to be exploited !
[Holy, they actually won like that, I didn’t even consider the time!]
[Ah, what a pity for Ji Yanbai, if only he had eliminated Jiang Li right away.]
[But then he wouldn’t have had time to eliminate the other members of Team Q either, right? Jiang Yan had taken the others to hide long ago. Jiang Li deliberately diverted their attention.]
[I’m tired of saying ’amazing’ over and over, Sister Li is still the one to watch.]
On the lake’s surface, those left received the message and were immediately filled with annoyance.
Shang Shaojing’s expression wasn’t good either.
It was bad enough that they hadn’t found Jiang Li and her team, but now he had also lost his way on the lake.
The loss outweighed the gain by far.
And looking at Team Q, now rejoicing at the top of the leaderboard, Su Yinwan’s expression turned terribly ugly; she then looked at Shang Shaojing dejectedly.
"Brother Shaojing, what do we do now? They’ve got so many points, first place is out of reach, do we still need to stay here?"
Shang Shaojing clenched his fist, "Why wouldn’t it be necessary? Has the competition ended yet?"
There was one more week.
No one knew what could happen in this next week.
Moreover, only one person could have this reward. Even if Team Q got the most points, so what?
Wouldn’t they still have to fight each other to the death in the end?
Shang Shaojing looked up at the endless expanse of the lake and sneered, "Since Team Q has been hiding here for so long, we might as well stay too. Let’s wait until the people on shore are mostly eliminated, then, we can go back. With the snipe and clam fighting, the fisherman will be the one to benefit."
Su Yinwan’s eyes sparked with renewed hope.
Just like a male lead, so clever indeed.
Right, she and Shang Shaojing were the real protagonists of this small world. Even if Jiang Li was triumphant for a moment, what of it? They were the true Children of Destiny!
Inside the tent, Ji Yanbai didn’t lower his tranquilizer gun, but instead continued to approach Jiang Li with a cold expression.
"Hmph, even if you’ve got these thirty thousand points, so what? Once we eliminate you, those points will still be ours."
"Oh, is that so?" Jiang Li raised an eyebrow slightly, still calm, "Right now, there are six scattered teams left, a total of eighteen people. If I’m not mistaken, Captain Ji, your team has only two offensive opportunities left. Can you guarantee that after eliminating us today, you’ll be able to take out the other teams as well?"
She looked outside the tent, "What if they team up against you too? After all, once we are gone, you’ll be the team with fifty to sixty thousand points."
Ji Yanbai was momentarily startled, as if only just remembering the rule.
Indeed, in the early stages, they had been so aggressive that they had almost used up all their opportunities.
Now, with one week left, they only had two more chances to attack.
Today was already more than half over, and to besiege Team Q, they had sacrificed two people. If they used up one more chance to attack, their situation would become quite difficult in the following period.
Moreover, it was uncertain whether they could eliminate Team Q.
Ji Yanbai chuckled and put down the tranquilizer gun, "Truly as expected of Miss Jiang, to see is to believe. I originally thought you were just a vase, but you do have a couple of tricks up your sleeve. No wonder Mu Ye worships you so much."
"Captain Ji flatters me, I’m just an ordinary person."
"In that case, how about we cooperate?" Ji Yanbai’s eyes flashed with a dark light, "We could take care of the rest first, and then have a contest between us at the end, what do you say?"
With that, he extended his hand.
However, the next second, someone lifted the tent flap and Zhao Lang walked in, clapping and wearing a smile.
"Captain Ji is playing quite the game, with only two attacking opportunities left for yourself, yet thinking of using other teams to help you eliminate the competition, killing two birds with one stone. No wonder you’ve held the top spot for so long."
Looking at the man before him, flamboyant in demeanor and even more so in appearance, Ji Yanbai narrowed his eyes.
That odd fellow who had shot up to the top three in points on the second day after arriving on the island.
He had actually forgotten about Gu Yu.
At this moment, Ji Yanbai was even more cautious and retracted his hand, his tone cold, "I was simply sincere in wishing to cooperate with Miss Jiang."
"Is that so? Not necessarily."
Although Zhao Lang was smiling, there was no warmth in his eyes, chilling to the bone.
"Who was it just now, brandishing a tranquilizer gun, intent on killing to the last, has Captain Ji forgotten?"
Being caught out, Ji Yanbai said nothing, his face set as he stood his ground.
"Heh, Ah Li, let’s go. Let’s not cooperate with this sort of petty person." After saying that, he put his arm around Jiang Li’s shoulder and led her out.
Pei Ye followed closely behind.
[!!!!What did I just hear, Gu Yu called Jiang Li ’Ah Li’???]
[Oh my, when did they get this close???]
[???Did the Crown Prince just manage to win over Sister Li? Is the next step to marry Brother Yan?]
[Ah, wait, this is confusing, I can’t make sense of the relationships anymore.]
Seeing Zhao Lang and the others come out safely, Yu Li and his teammates also released their captives.
Three members instantly rushed in to check on Ji Yanbai.
Ji Yanbai raised his hand, stopping them.
"I know what you want to say," Ji Yanbai scoffed, "After all, they have more people, and both Gu Yu and Pei Ye are clearly on their side. Confronting them head-on won’t do us any good. We’ll have other chances, being strategically smart is better."
After all, he never forgot that in the end, there could only be one winner in this game.
"Lili, are you okay?" Jiang Li came out and Bai Lu was the first to meet her.
Jiang Li shook her head, "I’m fine, nothing happened."
Jiang Yan stamped her foot and came over as well.
"Those people are despicable, to actually ruin the tents we left here, do they have to be like that?"
Shang Shuyue crossed her arms and raised an eyebrow, "What’s a tent? We now have thirty thousand points."